Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced where and when the mutation arose -- and how it protected our ancestors from ancient diseases.

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In the document of the Second Vatican Council entitled Gaudium et Spes, the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, in article 51, one finds a reference to the concept of the human ...

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University reveal protein changes linked to longevity throughout mammalian evolution. Over the past ...

For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable ...

A Pulitzer Prize winner considers how elements of the Scopes trial on teaching evolution may color modern debates, including ...

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A large portion of our brain activity occurs below the level of conscious thought, as modern science has recognised. It is ...